Parenting Daily

I’m starting a new feature for the blog-a teen news roundup. All the best news featuring regular teens, celebrity teens, and issues involving teens. I’ll still do my daily posts on specific topics but there’s so much out there, I don’t want you to miss it all! I’ve been trying to highlight different news items each day but they’re just piling up too quickly. I’m not sure yet how often I’ll do a News Round-up. Maybe every few days, maybe once a week. At any rate, I’m excited about this new feature and I hope you enjoy it, as well!

First up, if you’ve turned on the news today, you’ve probably heard about the tragic freak accident involving a teen at an amusement park. He apparently lost his ball cap and hopped a fence to enter a restricted and dangerous area, in the hopes of retrieving his hat. He was decapitated in the process. Full story is available here.

Last week, NBC launched its controversial reality television show “The Baby Borrowers.” Did you watch it? I remember hearing about the concept of this show a year or so ago and being appalled by it. Knowing how scared I was just to leave my daughter in daycare, I couldn’t imagine there were really parents who would allow their precious babies to be taken care of by teens they know nothing about. The reality of the show seems far less frightening than I had originally anticipated. The parents were able to observe all interactions and intervene if they felt necessary. At any rate, here’s more on the show, as well as a slideshow of other entertainment “talking points” your teen may be commenting on this week.

Unfortunately, this is another sad story involving a couple of teens who were doing something good for their community: cleaning up the highways. Read more by clicking here.  

Finally, on a lighter note, remember how we’ve talked about texting? Well, this teen takes it to a whole new (not sexually explicit!) level. It’s impressive, if only due to sheer numbers. Check out the story here and then enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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